This is the never before released directors cut of the film better known as "The Rats Are Coming Ther Werewolves Are Here".
Severin brings us this little gem and it is great to finally see it. There is also no music score in this edition. A young woman named Diana (Jackie Skarvellis) arrives at her family's castle estate with her new husband.
The family is quite a mixture of strange people. Diana's father is bed ridden and claims to be 199 years old. He has been working many years to break what he calls the "family curse".
What is the family curse? Well we find out in the end that they are all werewolves and they are let loose and kill one another off in a very bizarre finale.
Diana and her husband survive the slaughter, but then Diana surprises her husband by telling him she is expecting a child and she is also a werewolf that can change at will.
She kills her husband since he has served his purpose and so the curse begins anew. Yes, this is a bizarre film and it does move along a little slow but it is still required viewing.
This is the better version to watch as the other version includes a lot of scenes with rats and were placed there by orders of producer William Mishkin to cash in on the then popular film "Willard".
The Milligan set from Severin presents this film in as good of quality as can be expected and it isn't too damn bad at all. Check it out if you so desire and see something really off the wall.
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